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david, remind us why these primaries tonight especially michigan are so important. >> well, michigan is mitt romney's home state. or at least one of his 20 home states. that's crucial. it's the first time they've gone toe to toe, rick santorum and mitt romney. the first time since iowa we don't know who is going to win. the polls have been very accurate this year. this they have as a dead heat. if mitt romney loses in michigan, a wave of anxiety will sweep through the republican party such as you have not seen. it's been building week after week after week but if he loses, then it will be, oh, he's got to shake up his campaign. we've got to go to get chris christie out of wherever he is. it will have a psychic effect. people will look to super tuesday as an even more cataclysmic risk for him. >> woodruff: mark, romney was already anticipating that today taking responsibility for any mistakes that have happened. mark, no chance that we are overstating the importance of michigan? >> i think psychologically for republicans, judy, michigan is enormously important. it's important by itsel
david, remind us why these primaries tonight especially michigan are so important. >> well, michigan is mitt romney's home state. or at least one of his 20 home states. that's crucial. it's the first time they've gone toe to toe, rick santorum and mitt romney. the first time since iowa we don't know who is going to win. the polls have been very accurate this year. this they have as a dead heat. if mitt romney loses in michigan, a wave of anxiety will sweep through the republican party...
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you don't register by party in michigan. the democrats have basically given a signal that even though they're going to have caucuses to pick their delegates to their national convention in may, they won't penalize people who vote in the primary. i don't think democrats and independents voting in the primary in michigan for a republican primary are going to say "we want to help mitt romney." i think they'd like to cause him some grief. i think they'd like to discombobulate the michigan republican party. and there may be some angry independent and democratic voters who don't like mitt romney's stand on the auto bailout by the federal government and might want to go in and make some mischief. >> ifill: he advocated for a structured bankruptcy. dan, where is newt going pitch from all of this? it seems last time we were talking about someone coming from behind then suddenly overtaking romney. he benefited from it. why isn't he benefiting now? >> well, i think he was hurt by the loss in florida. he was hurt by nevada. i think he w
you don't register by party in michigan. the democrats have basically given a signal that even though they're going to have caucuses to pick their delegates to their national convention in may, they won't penalize people who vote in the primary. i don't think democrats and independents voting in the primary in michigan for a republican primary are going to say "we want to help mitt romney." i think they'd like to cause him some grief. i think they'd like to discombobulate the michigan...
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given, as you said, the heavy focus on michigan? >> reporter: they're very flattered in arizona to finally have any attention paid here. as you know, they moved their primary on the calendar, trying to get more attention. and this year, they got that attention, partly because of their governor, who, of course, famously shook her finger in the president's face and railed against the idea of federal intervention here in arizona, and partly because of this new shift in discussion about conservate social issues. and there is such a socially conservative undercurrent here-- a lot of mormons in arizona, and a lot of christians and home school who are drawn to this debate in a way they maybe had not been before. so there's going to be a lot of attention paid. >> woodruff: or own gwen aisle, thanks very much. for more on how the michigan primary is shaping up we're joined from ann arbor by micheline maynard, senior editor of "changing gears" a public media project about the industrial midwest. and from east lansing, bil ballenger. he's edit
given, as you said, the heavy focus on michigan? >> reporter: they're very flattered in arizona to finally have any attention paid here. as you know, they moved their primary on the calendar, trying to get more attention. and this year, they got that attention, partly because of their governor, who, of course, famously shook her finger in the president's face and railed against the idea of federal intervention here in arizona, and partly because of this new shift in discussion about...
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al qaeda. >> michigan is now the right to work state. >> this will attract more businesses to michigan. those businesses will need space. >> the owner of a michigan construction co., preceded by a union member who works at a general mots plant. michig govrick sande signed legislation -- rick snyder right to work legislation into law. the president said that what they're talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. a right to work at state, michigan? >> it is incredible. the republican legislature has passed this. there are two institutions that greeted the middle class in america with of the 10 states with the highest per capita income, although one is a non- right to work state. the 10 states with the highest medical coverage for the workers, eight of the 10 are not right to work states. where workers have the right to organize and unions, and those can be effective marketing, it raises the level of living for all americans. that, frankly,he fastest- growing states -- three of the 20 are right to work states. that puts that to rest. it is a chance to destroy unions, u
al qaeda. >> michigan is now the right to work state. >> this will attract more businesses to michigan. those businesses will need space. >> the owner of a michigan construction co., preceded by a union member who works at a general mots plant. michig govrick sande signed legislation -- rick snyder right to work legislation into law. the president said that what they're talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. a right to work at state, michigan? >>...
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they're trying to change those last-minute mind in michigan. but also, in all those super tuesday states still to come. we're going to watch how they respond. it's really interesting to me in arizona where, for instance, border security and immigration is such a big issue, how little you hear the candidates talking about it. rick santorum managed to go through two events yesterday barely mentioning it, even though he did today in tucson. mitt romney gave a speech today in which he spent the entire me aacking th president's tax-reduction plan and promoting his own but not only not talking about local issues but not even talking about the people he's running against, rick santorum owe newt gingrich or ron paul. so they are all shooting above the heads in some respects of the voters here, hoping to get broader attention where it's going to count as those delegates begin to pile up. >> woodruff: just quickly, gwen, how much interest are republican voters paying? given, as you said, e heavy focus on mchig? >> reporter: they're very flattered in ariz
they're trying to change those last-minute mind in michigan. but also, in all those super tuesday states still to come. we're going to watch how they respond. it's really interesting to me in arizona where, for instance, border security and immigration is such a big issue, how little you hear the candidates talking about it. rick santorum managed to go through two events yesterday barely mentioning it, even though he did today in tucson. mitt romney gave a speech today in which he spent the...
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mitt romney beat rick santorum by just three points in michigan last night. but that didn't stop him from his victory lap. >> we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough, and that's all that counts. ( cheers ) >> ifill: even that narrow win over a stiff santorum challenge proved enough to head off what would have been an embarrassing loss for romney in his home state. a clearcut win in arizona awarded romney 29 delegates, and michigan officials said the close finish there would give each candidate 15 delegates each. with ten states voting on super tueay next week, romney moved on to the next big potenal prize today-- ohio. >> the reason i won yesterday in michigan and in arizona was because i'm talking about the issue people care most about-- and i understand that issue personally. and that's the economy and job creation, balancing budgets. the skill of creating more jobs, with less debt and smaller government is something i understand. when the media asked people coming out of polls yesterday why they voted for me, what their interests were, those people th
mitt romney beat rick santorum by just three points in michigan last night. but that didn't stop him from his victory lap. >> we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough, and that's all that counts. ( cheers ) >> ifill: even that narrow win over a stiff santorum challenge proved enough to head off what would have been an embarrassing loss for romney in his home state. a clearcut win in arizona awarded romney 29 delegates, and michigan officials said the close finish there would...
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the mighty mites of chelsea, michigan, are at the rink up to five times a week. but just beneath the surface of this favorite pastime, in a state where job loss has also been a way of life, is a palpable anxiety about how the people of this state will make their way into the future. >> my husband's been laid off twice. he's gotten a job twice, thank god. but the rich keep getting and the poor get poorer. and the middle man? we're just hanging on. and that's all we can say is we're hanging on. a lot of people aren't hanging on. >> reporter: michigan's economic problems, so tied to the fortunes of the auto industry, are still very much in evidence at south central michigan works, a state employment office in jackson in the heart of the seventh congressional district. >> got laid off? yeah. >> so, with the economy, things change. you didn't have to work and he had a great job, and now, they're gone. >> reporter: the area is home to many auto suppliers and service businesses that feed off detroit, and while the big three are showing signs of recovery, they have been
the mighty mites of chelsea, michigan, are at the rink up to five times a week. but just beneath the surface of this favorite pastime, in a state where job loss has also been a way of life, is a palpable anxiety about how the people of this state will make their way into the future. >> my husband's been laid off twice. he's gotten a job twice, thank god. but the rich keep getting and the poor get poorer. and the middle man? we're just hanging on. and that's all we can say is we're hanging...
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not just in michigan but beyond michigan borders. >> one of the things i've watched the labor movement do over the last basically four or five years is a lot of the focus was on getting barack obama or a democrat elected president and also getting representatives and senators elected to washington. i think they took their eye off t ball some extnt inhes local races. well now we see what happens when you don't have the feet on the ground, the money in the local races, you end up with state legislatures that are unfriendly to labor causes. so i think the wake-up call for labor nationally to focus on some of these states. i'm thinking about ohio now. ohio passed and then repealed a limit on collective bargaining for public employees but it doesn't mean that the issue won't come up there again. states like pennsylvania are not right to work ates. there aretil oprtunites or the conrvate mement, the antilabor movement, to go in for right to work. i think someone maybe in the labor movement will say, okay, we draw a land in the sand with michigan. we can't let this spread any further because
not just in michigan but beyond michigan borders. >> one of the things i've watched the labor movement do over the last basically four or five years is a lot of the focus was on getting barack obama or a democrat elected president and also getting representatives and senators elected to washington. i think they took their eye off t ball some extnt inhes local races. well now we see what happens when you don't have the feet on the ground, the money in the local races, you end up with state...
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that might have won in michigan. if for some reason we're all wrong and santorum wins michigan it will mean that this very intense, some would say divisive language, turned out a whole he of a lot of voters in western michigan. and the republican party is at least perhaps even a more conservative party than we thought it was. >> rose: richard land, what about obama and how he handles all these issues? >> not deftly. in terms of most religious conservatives not deftly, the fact he's gone to church so seldom since he's been resident. not deftly at all. in fact he's going to have a lot of people don't underestimate, do not underestimate barack obama's almost unique ability to unite those who oppose him around his opponent. >> the only thing i will say is barack obama-- and this is when i first started paying attention to barack obama-- he gave a speech in early 2006 on faith and politics. especially aimed at the democratic party's seeming reluctance to ever talk about it. it was an unbelievable speech. when he wants to,
that might have won in michigan. if for some reason we're all wrong and santorum wins michigan it will mean that this very intense, some would say divisive language, turned out a whole he of a lot of voters in western michigan. and the republican party is at least perhaps even a more conservative party than we thought it was. >> rose: richard land, what about obama and how he handles all these issues? >> not deftly. in terms of most religious conservatives not deftly, the fact he's...
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at the national cherry festival in traverse city, michigan, the record stands at 74 feet. every summer thousands flock here to feast on cherries, to spit cherry pits, and even crown a cherry queen. traverse city calls itself the cherry capital of the world. the surrounding great lakes and rolling hills create a perfect climate for fruit growing. the region produces roughly 75% of the country's tart cherry crop each year. those are the ones that go into pies, juice and preserves. once upon a time sara mcguire was the reigning royalty. >> it's a romantic story. pat and i got engaged in 1995. and that was the year that i was the national cherry queen. and that was also the year that we started the farm. and pat said that we should me it aft me, and tt we should call it royal farms. >> reporter: but this year running royal farms has been anything but a fairy tale. statewide more than 90% of the tart cherry crop was lost when freezing weather followed an unusually warm spring. >> we've had to lay people off, we've had to work extra hours, we did everything we could in the sprin
at the national cherry festival in traverse city, michigan, the record stands at 74 feet. every summer thousands flock here to feast on cherries, to spit cherry pits, and even crown a cherry queen. traverse city calls itself the cherry capital of the world. the surrounding great lakes and rolling hills create a perfect climate for fruit growing. the region produces roughly 75% of the country's tart cherry crop each year. those are the ones that go into pies, juice and preserves. once upon a...
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the next important test is arizona and michigan on february 28. national polls show that romney and santorum are very close with santorum ahead in michigan. receipt polls also show president obama gaining ground in his approval rate chicago may in part be a reaction to some good economic news. joining me from waington al hunt,he editor i charge of bloomberg's election coverage, dan balz, the national political correspondent at the "washington post." i am pleased to have both of them here. dan, you wrote a column in today's "washington post" about rick santorum. tell me where you think he stands. >> well, charlie, i think he stands where others have stood before him, and that is as the current non-romney in the republican field. in some ways we've seen this movie before and we're wondering whether there will be a different ending to it. but a number of people have risen up in the polls to challenge romney, to take a care of the lead or even e lead in the national polls or state polls, only to fall back after attacks by the romney campaign most of t
the next important test is arizona and michigan on february 28. national polls show that romney and santorum are very close with santorum ahead in michigan. receipt polls also show president obama gaining ground in his approval rate chicago may in part be a reaction to some good economic news. joining me from waington al hunt,he editor i charge of bloomberg's election coverage, dan balz, the national political correspondent at the "washington post." i am pleased to have both of them...
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>> -- can santorum te michigan? >> his strength is the tea party treaty wanted to claim the mantle of the tea party, small government, romney being inconsistent and a reliable conservative. the problem with the set or is he has a record of being a big government -- problem with that santorum is that he has a record of being a big government conservative. he supported stuff like no child left behind, which she had to defend and say "i did it because of the team." the whole idea of the tea party is acting on principle eve against the majority establishment. what is being discovered is not a tactical error on his part, but the fact that tea party is not who he has been in the past. he is adopting it as a way to be anti-robbery but it is not a perfect description of who he was. >> why is said robert not stronger- why is santorum not soar in michigan -- i mean, romney? >> is it his home state? his father was a liberal republican. >> ooh, fighting wordsd. >> let it be told. he is try to adopt michigan by saying things lik
>> -- can santorum te michigan? >> his strength is the tea party treaty wanted to claim the mantle of the tea party, small government, romney being inconsistent and a reliable conservative. the problem with the set or is he has a record of being a big government -- problem with that santorum is that he has a record of being a big government conservative. he supported stuff like no child left behind, which she had to defend and say "i did it because of the team." the whole...
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maybe he loses michigan and wins in arizona. i think ohio will be a real battleground on march 6, supertuesday. >> woodruff: do you agree with that? >> i do. he can narrowly lose michigan and win big in arizona and survive this near-death expense. he loses big in michigan it reconfigures the race. >> woodruff: all right, we are glad to have you both here to help us reconfigure our analysis. mark shields, michael gerson, thank you both. >> brown: finally tonight, we remember the life and work of a gifted foreign correspondent. anthony shadid's reporting took him from one conflict zone to the next. from egypt... >> this is anthony shadid for "the new york times" in cairo. in some ways, one revolution may have ended tonight with the overthrow of president hosni mubarak, and another revolution may have begun. >> brown: ...and iraq... >> baghdad's a pretty grim place right no >> brown: ...to libya... >> the road to tripoli is about an eight-hour drive that seems to capture the hopes and ambitions, anxieties and fears of a country wre
maybe he loses michigan and wins in arizona. i think ohio will be a real battleground on march 6, supertuesday. >> woodruff: do you agree with that? >> i do. he can narrowly lose michigan and win big in arizona and survive this near-death expense. he loses big in michigan it reconfigures the race. >> woodruff: all right, we are glad to have you both here to help us reconfigure our analysis. mark shields, michael gerson, thank you both. >> brown: finally tonight, we...
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i'll put one footnote on the michigan. this is at a republican primary but only 60% of the voters were republicans. you had a lot of independents, a few democrats. mitt romney carried the blue collar u.a.w. counties in michigan. he won macomb county, catholic, blue collar auto work county. santorum didn't do as well there. in the county where they make cadillacs, famous cadillac gap, mitt romney won by eight point, double his statewide margin. mitt romney can play off key and he gets in trouble but some of these gaffs may be gaffesn our beltway analyst world but out on the streets of michigan, there's nothing wrong buying a cadillac. >> rose: how about two for your wife? how about that? >> or three. mitt should have gone and bought a third one up there at the plant. i think we found out from election night that some of the conventional wisdom about romney not connecting to the blue collar parts of the state was not quite right. >> this is why i think he's in trouble for the general election. to me this is like a football g
i'll put one footnote on the michigan. this is at a republican primary but only 60% of the voters were republicans. you had a lot of independents, a few democrats. mitt romney carried the blue collar u.a.w. counties in michigan. he won macomb county, catholic, blue collar auto work county. santorum didn't do as well there. in the county where they make cadillacs, famous cadillac gap, mitt romney won by eight point, double his statewide margin. mitt romney can play off key and he gets in trouble...
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then i moved to michigan, michigan to new york, new york to la. >> hinojosa: okay, and why did you decide to leave your country and say, "i'm going to move to michigan"? what was the dream for you? i mean, was it... because you hadn't spent time in the united states, right? >> no, well, actually, i was in the states when i was two years old. my mom... you know, my folks traveled a lot. we were like, really well off, initially, and then my father lost everything. so it's a very interesting story. i hadn't seen my dad like, 20 years, and then eight years ago, i finally got to see him. so it was like, a really profound sort of experience. but on that note, it was... for me, it was that time when we were like, really young and my folks had the money we would travel a lot, and one of the countries was america. my mom spent like, three months in florida, took us to walt disney every day, and i don't remember any of that. we have pictures, though. >> hinojosa: what did symbolize? like, coming to the united states from that part of the world... >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: ...symbolized what? and this
then i moved to michigan, michigan to new york, new york to la. >> hinojosa: okay, and why did you decide to leave your country and say, "i'm going to move to michigan"? what was the dream for you? i mean, was it... because you hadn't spent time in the united states, right? >> no, well, actually, i was in the states when i was two years old. my mom... you know, my folks traveled a lot. we were like, really well off, initially, and then my father lost everything. so it's a...
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my dad was the mayor of a small city in michigan; i always had it in my blood. and when we met i thought i would end up as governor one day. >> he would have been a great governor, too. i'm wired to be somebody who's moving, going, doing stuff, doing stuff, doing stuff. and you know, he's wired, he's very thoughtful, very deep, very introspective, so ultimately the way it broke down, he was, he had more competency to be with the kids >> granholm felt a great deal of guilt over missing moments in her children's lives to run the state. but she says mulhern kept the family going. >> he is somebody who is so fantastic with the kids that they got the best of all possible worlds because their dad is such a remarkable human being. he is a coach, he is their friend, you know, he wipes their tears and exhorts them to greatness. >> and while mulhern raised the children, granholm steered economic climate. she has advice for women who aspire to politics. >> if you don't have a supportive spouse, especially if you have children, you know it's just impossible to do. there's a
my dad was the mayor of a small city in michigan; i always had it in my blood. and when we met i thought i would end up as governor one day. >> he would have been a great governor, too. i'm wired to be somebody who's moving, going, doing stuff, doing stuff, doing stuff. and you know, he's wired, he's very thoughtful, very deep, very introspective, so ultimately the way it broke down, he was, he had more competency to be with the kids >> granholm felt a great deal of guilt over...
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on tuesday, we'll look at the pivot point primaries in arizona and michigan. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
on tuesday, we'll look at the pivot point primaries in arizona and michigan. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and...
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this is not over for michigan is it? >> the railway i see it is detroit is critically important for the come back of the state. we need to trade on the path of being a great city again and this is a very important step in making that happen. to step back from simply the financial pieces of this, tremendously good things are going on in detroit today. in terms of the business community, in terms of jobs being created, downtown and midtown detroit in terms of young people moving into the city, there's 90%-plus occupancy in the city. we need to look at improvements in the neighborhoods. good things are going on there. this is about solving the city government's financial and service issues and that's the last obstacle to go and beyond that when we get this resolved i think detroit is going to be posed for outstanding growth and a bright future which is great for all of michigan. >>suarez: you've got other distressed cities in your state and there are other distressed cities around the country. are they watching the massive
this is not over for michigan is it? >> the railway i see it is detroit is critically important for the come back of the state. we need to trade on the path of being a great city again and this is a very important step in making that happen. to step back from simply the financial pieces of this, tremendously good things are going on in detroit today. in terms of the business community, in terms of jobs being created, downtown and midtown detroit in terms of young people moving into the...
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i tend to think if i had to pick one guy, i would pick tray burke of michigan. he is a sophomore point guard. he does everything. he controls the game. i was really stunned-- i was not surprised michigan beat d.c.u., even though i picked them to advance-- i was surprised with the ease with which michigan did it and aarge part because of burke. he's so dynamic. he's a little like chris paul. h >> rose: we'd all like to be like chris pawcialg wouldn't we? >> especially in the bank account, yeah. . >> rose: let me talk about the match-ups. on thursday, marquette versus miami. pick them. >> i think miami is the better team. marquette, this is their third straight sweet 16. some people look at them as over-achieving. they don't shoot it as well as miami does, and miami's got better size, and they think they've got a phenomenal point guard in shane larkin who comes off a ball screen so well and they have guys who can stretch the floor ow and i think they're a better and bigger rebounding team. >> rose: i think this is the third year ohio state has done so well. >> it
i tend to think if i had to pick one guy, i would pick tray burke of michigan. he is a sophomore point guard. he does everything. he controls the game. i was really stunned-- i was not surprised michigan beat d.c.u., even though i picked them to advance-- i was surprised with the ease with which michigan did it and aarge part because of burke. he's so dynamic. he's a little like chris paul. h >> rose: we'd all like to be like chris pawcialg wouldn't we? >> especially in the bank...
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your read on michigan? >> rick santorum blew michigan. he will look back on michigan as the missed opportunity of his public career. david is right, abandoning the very narrative that brought him to where he was it's grandson of the miner, the blue collar republican who was concerned with manufacturing, for those who weren't part of the country club set. and he did that-- this isn't a man with a chip on his shoulder. he has a two by four on his shoulder. he accuses the president of snobbery for wanting people to go to college. and many of the people he's trumpeting as heroes, those who spend long days and difficult physical labor want-- most want their children to go to college. and then doing the unthinkable-- attacking the icon of john kennedy before the houston inisrs e at a time of anti-catholicism in the country when there was a lot of it, he, the first catholic ever elected, had to go into foreign, alien territory and make the case that the pope wasn't packing up to move to the white house accomplishe
your read on michigan? >> rick santorum blew michigan. he will look back on michigan as the missed opportunity of his public career. david is right, abandoning the very narrative that brought him to where he was it's grandson of the miner, the blue collar republican who was concerned with manufacturing, for those who weren't part of the country club set. and he did that-- this isn't a man with a chip on his shoulder. he has a two by four on his shoulder. he accuses the president of...
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why wouldn't the president doing well in michigan translate to his doing well in ohio. >> michigan is historically more democratic than ohio. ohio has been less democratic, more republican than the nation. so really the contradiction in 2012 is that president obama has been running so well in ohio and i think the auto bailout really... >> and the jobs just going down. the jobs going up, it's the auto belt and the shell gas belt. >> ifill: five more network projections now to share with you. we're going to go right to them. first is in nebraska for mitt romney. >> woodruff: a republican state. the state of new york another state hit hard by hurricane sandy going for president obama. traditionally blue state. >> ifill: north dakota going' for mitt romney. they seem to be splitting the red and blue pretty evenly. >> woodruff: and south dakota going republican. no surpriseitr one of those. >> ifill: and the big state of texas which has an interesting senate race going on but obviously nobody campaigned in texas this time because both mitt romney and barack obama knew mitt romney had the e
why wouldn't the president doing well in michigan translate to his doing well in ohio. >> michigan is historically more democratic than ohio. ohio has been less democratic, more republican than the nation. so really the contradiction in 2012 is that president obama has been running so well in ohio and i think the auto bailout really... >> and the jobs just going down. the jobs going up, it's the auto belt and the shell gas belt. >> ifill: five more network projections now to...
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retirees claim their pensions are protected by michigan's constitution. a look at how firefighters are battling to keep what they thought was theirs. >>> on the streets of detroit, firefighters staged informational pickets, trying to save their city pensions. >> we are not numbers, we are people that sacrifice our lives. we may not come home one day, to look at us as a spreadsheet is to me unamerican. >> the real battle, though, is in the courts. this county judge in michigan has ruled the bankruptcy violates a provision in the state con sti dugs protecting pensions. but the bankruptcy is filed in federal court, and the judge in that case declared today that the feds have jurisdiction. over objections from the city pension funds. rhodes set a hearing in the case for wednesday morning. the beginning of a process that could take years. far more complex for a city that for even the biggest corporate bankruptcy. >> they need to continue to exist before the population for its constituents. in this case, that's going to make it difficult, because you have stake
retirees claim their pensions are protected by michigan's constitution. a look at how firefighters are battling to keep what they thought was theirs. >>> on the streets of detroit, firefighters staged informational pickets, trying to save their city pensions. >> we are not numbers, we are people that sacrifice our lives. we may not come home one day, to look at us as a spreadsheet is to me unamerican. >> the real battle, though, is in the courts. this county judge in...
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juan cole, a professor of history at the university of michigan. and stephen biddle is a professor of political science and international affairs, george washington university. welcome to you both. juan coal, do you first. these attacks are not only widespread. they seem well coordinated. who is thought or what is thought to be behind them? >> well, there are a handful of cells of the islamic state of iraq, what the government tends to call al qaeda that clearly are able to coordinate these attacks. they have bomb-making factories basically hidden away in neighborhoods that don't report on them. and they're able to sit down in a room and plan out a wave of attacks. they do this fairly frequently, once every three months or so, you have a big wave of attacks. sometimes in as many as 26 cities. they conceive of themselves as revolutionaries. they ti that they can overthrow the government that they perceived to be a minority government. it's not true but that's what they think. that they believe was installed by the americans unfairly inth country. >>
juan cole, a professor of history at the university of michigan. and stephen biddle is a professor of political science and international affairs, george washington university. welcome to you both. juan coal, do you first. these attacks are not only widespread. they seem well coordinated. who is thought or what is thought to be behind them? >> well, there are a handful of cells of the islamic state of iraq, what the government tends to call al qaeda that clearly are able to coordinate...
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. >> right, well, michigan is flipping again. i heard dee say minnesota's numbers are coming tomorrow. michigan's numbers came out today and they have risen back to 10.9%. so they're headed to 11% again. they were up over 12% at the depth of the recession. and, you know, people say that manufacturing is coming back, and it is coming back to a certain extent. but there are still jobs being lost. ann arbor, michigan, is the home of borders books. and borders books is now going to liquidate and that will be several hundred headquarters jobs in ann arbor and those are the kinds of jobs nobody really worried about. ohio is a little bit better off. their unemployment rate is about 8.8% and there, too, they have been reliant on manufacturing and you're seeing them shift over to more services like health care. you're seeing these states look at energy as far as green energy jobs go. but, you know, you need a bulk of jobs to come back to replace the jobs that were last. there was something like 500,000 jobs lost in michigan alone during t
. >> right, well, michigan is flipping again. i heard dee say minnesota's numbers are coming tomorrow. michigan's numbers came out today and they have risen back to 10.9%. so they're headed to 11% again. they were up over 12% at the depth of the recession. and, you know, people say that manufacturing is coming back, and it is coming back to a certain extent. but there are still jobs being lost. ann arbor, michigan, is the home of borders books. and borders books is now going to liquidate...
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. >> woodruff: margaret warner talks to michigan governor rick snyder after he recommended an emergency manager to take over the finances of the troubled city of detroit. >> we've got at least 50 years of this problem growing and a lot of people on good faith in the past have tried to solve it and have been unsuccessful. so the way i view it as is this is all hands on deck. >> brown: spencer michels has the story of the high tech splash of lights transforming san francisco's bay bridge into a work of art. >> it was overwhelming. it was really very, very exciting. it's meant to be open ended, highly subjective so you can just relax, view the piecend take fom iwhat you will. >> woodruff: and r suarez looks at life in japan, two years after the devastation caused by the tsunami and nuclear disaster. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performanc
. >> woodruff: margaret warner talks to michigan governor rick snyder after he recommended an emergency manager to take over the finances of the troubled city of detroit. >> we've got at least 50 years of this problem growing and a lot of people on good faith in the past have tried to solve it and have been unsuccessful. so the way i view it as is this is all hands on deck. >> brown: spencer michels has the story of the high tech splash of lights transforming san francisco's...
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pamela newman has a phd in psychology from the university of michigan, is not your average insurance agent. >> i think that i like people to be passionate about what they do. and i think i like to create an excitement that allows them to be passionate about what they do. there is no reason why every undertaking, even if it a schedule of insurance, can't be hugely imaginative, a piece of art. >> tom: to be sure the view from her office on new york's water street is inspirational. but from where she sits she also seeing the world through the looking glass of being at the absolute peak of her profession charged with understanding the risk of many of america's top businesses. and she's been successfully doing it for decades, through leadership, high expectations, the power of her personality, preparation, and hard work. >> make it happen, let's share these good thoughts with clients. let's help them grow. it's totally dynamic. there isn't a day around here that isn't dynamic from the moment we arrive, and it usually goes from early in the morning until late in the evening. it requires hi
pamela newman has a phd in psychology from the university of michigan, is not your average insurance agent. >> i think that i like people to be passionate about what they do. and i think i like to create an excitement that allows them to be passionate about what they do. there is no reason why every undertaking, even if it a schedule of insurance, can't be hugely imaginative, a piece of art. >> tom: to be sure the view from her office on new york's water street is inspirational. but...
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nalepa estimates there are now 437 trillion in lake michigan alone. and the reason scientists say this dominating mussel is so destructive is that it is wiping out critical food at the bottom of the food chain, organisms like plankton-- the main food source for a shri-like organism known as diporeia. >> it's a very important fish food organism, hence this has led to declines in the growth and condition of fish populations that once depended upon diporeia as a food source. so it's led to kind of a cascading effect from one species to another throughout the food web. in addition to altering the food chain in the great lakes, these mussels attach to all types of surfaces including boats, buoys and docks. they clog water-intake pipes sometimes cutting off drinking water supplies that require expensive remediation. which is why the financial impact of these tiny invaders is staggering. the u.s. fish and wildlife service estimates the economic losses over the last decade at about $5 billion within the great lakes region alone. at the dusable harbor on chica
nalepa estimates there are now 437 trillion in lake michigan alone. and the reason scientists say this dominating mussel is so destructive is that it is wiping out critical food at the bottom of the food chain, organisms like plankton-- the main food source for a shri-like organism known as diporeia. >> it's a very important fish food organism, hence this has led to declines in the growth and condition of fish populations that once depended upon diporeia as a food source. so it's led to...
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for "religion & ethics newsweekly", i'm judy valente in grand rapids, michigan. ♪ >>> like other major religions, islam has its own mystical branch, called sufism, which teach many ways to exrience iritl union with the divine. one of those paths -- dating from the 13th century -- is dance, specifically the dancing of those known as whirling dervishes, who were followers of the poet rumi. recently, the smithsonian institution in washington had a symposium on sufism, that included dervishes from turkey. our guide was manjula kumar, a smithsonian program manager. >> there are stories about the origins of the whirling dervishes and one of the stories is rumi was walking towards, just walking down and he heard the call for prayer and he was so overwhelmed, he was almost in an ecstasy to hear the call for prayer that he started moving around and he called it a divine ecstasy. and since then his followers started making this whirling. it's creating an atmosphere to pray and it's an offering i think it's just a physical way of expressing this love for the divine and that's how they kind of twi
for "religion & ethics newsweekly", i'm judy valente in grand rapids, michigan. ♪ >>> like other major religions, islam has its own mystical branch, called sufism, which teach many ways to exrience iritl union with the divine. one of those paths -- dating from the 13th century -- is dance, specifically the dancing of those known as whirling dervishes, who were followers of the poet rumi. recently, the smithsonian institution in washington had a symposium on sufism, that...
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what about the university of michigan? >> they told me they believe this is carefully vetted, this contract and it applies -- follows all regulations and rules in this area and that the person who actually puts this data together told me because it's privately financed by thompson reuters thinks they wouldn't have it other wise. >> how much do they charge for this early access? >> they wouldn't tell us. they pay $1 million a year to the university of michigan but thompson reuters wouldn't tell us what they charge their clients for access to that information. presumably they are making more than a million dollars a year on it or it's not a good business. >> thank you very much. >> what do you think? >>> still ahead on the program, not only is amazon moving into the grocery business, but it's also competing for a luketive contract with the cia, details coming up. >>> first a look at how some of the most widely held stocks closed today. >>> couple big moves in different sectors. health management associates, hit a six-year hi
what about the university of michigan? >> they told me they believe this is carefully vetted, this contract and it applies -- follows all regulations and rules in this area and that the person who actually puts this data together told me because it's privately financed by thompson reuters thinks they wouldn't have it other wise. >> how much do they charge for this early access? >> they wouldn't tell us. they pay $1 million a year to the university of michigan but thompson...
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reporter: leyland's harbor is the heart of this northern michigan town. the small town is quiet in the winter. but the population jumps ten fold in the summer when tourists flock to leyland's harbor, beaches and quaint shops. that tourist economy is is now in jeopardy because of the dramatic drop in lake michigan's water level. harbor master russell zuba says the lake is down more than two feet from its average. and that drop is threatening to close the harbor. >> the economic impact this harbor has on the community is strong. when things are slow, the guy at the grocery store, the guy at the restaurant comes down and asks me what's going on. >> reporter: the guy asking the questions from the grocery store is likely to be joe burda. his family runs the only grocery store in town. >> summer business in general keeps us open for the rest of the year. the boats and the traffic that the harbor brings in is pretty big percentage of what we do in the summer. >> reporter: the low water also endangers leeland's historic fishing industry, a huge tourist draw. now
reporter: leyland's harbor is the heart of this northern michigan town. the small town is quiet in the winter. but the population jumps ten fold in the summer when tourists flock to leyland's harbor, beaches and quaint shops. that tourist economy is is now in jeopardy because of the dramatic drop in lake michigan's water level. harbor master russell zuba says the lake is down more than two feet from its average. and that drop is threatening to close the harbor. >> the economic impact this...
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that scrutiny will only increase as his numbers rise in romney's home state of michigan. site of one of next week's two key primary contests. late today the newest gallup poll was released showing santorum up by ten points over mitt romney. and we take a closer look at rick santorum's rise, with susan page, washington bureau chief of "u.s.a. today." and from harrisburg, pennsylvania, terry manna, director of the center for politics and public affairs at frankn and marshall clege. susan, start with some context here. who is rick santorum speaking to or reaching out to? what kind of reception is getting on the trail? >> he's getting a great reception among republican primary voters. this is a group of voters that is very conservative. lots of tea party supporters. a majority of them in some states like michigan say they are evangelical or born again christians. so when he talks about public education or about global warming in the way that he's doing, this has really drawn him big crowds and broughtim to standings in the poll and sustained a standing in the poll that is pre
that scrutiny will only increase as his numbers rise in romney's home state of michigan. site of one of next week's two key primary contests. late today the newest gallup poll was released showing santorum up by ten points over mitt romney. and we take a closer look at rick santorum's rise, with susan page, washington bureau chief of "u.s.a. today." and from harrisburg, pennsylvania, terry manna, director of the center for politics and public affairs at frankn and marshall clege....
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." >> he's also the funeral director in a small town in central michigan. >> a good funeral is one that gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be. >> lynch's award-winning book, the undertaking, is a portrait of a life spent in the presence of the dead. >> so much of what we do is held up to ridicule, but it's just how you blur your eyes, whether you want to see the silliness of what we humans do when someone dies or if you look at it carefully and see in it something deeply sublime. >> tonight ofrontline, behind the scenes at a funeral home as an undertaker and his family care for both the living and the dead. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation
." >> he's also the funeral director in a small town in central michigan. >> a good funeral is one that gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be. >> lynch's award-winning book, the undertaking, is a portrait of a life spent in the presence of the dead. >> so much of what we do is held up to ridicule, but it's just how you blur your eyes, whether you want to see the silliness of what we humans do when someone dies or if you look at it...
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i think that before this is over, the state of michigan is going to have to help, because the numbers just don't work, i can't make the numbers work without some kind of help from outside. >> rose: and say, the state of michigan can do that? it has the resources to do that? >> yes, we are not talking about a huge amount of money here, all of their liabilities are 18 billion it is not a small amount but a few billion dollars would make a big difference. so what is the object lesson here? be careful with the kind of commitments you make? if you have a declining economic base? >> i think there are a series of lessons, first there is the lesson that economic -- the economic engines have to be constantly maintained and reinvigorated, the famous phrase of our -- detroit, as you pointed out the automobile created detroit and also destroyed detroit in a lot of ways so that is sort of one lesson, you have to stay focused on economic development you look at pittsburgh that lost the steel industry but today is doing quite well as a city because they found other things to do, the second lesson yo
i think that before this is over, the state of michigan is going to have to help, because the numbers just don't work, i can't make the numbers work without some kind of help from outside. >> rose: and say, the state of michigan can do that? it has the resources to do that? >> yes, we are not talking about a huge amount of money here, all of their liabilities are 18 billion it is not a small amount but a few billion dollars would make a big difference. so what is the object lesson...
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. >> woodruff: then, we examine detroit's troubles as michigan's governor declares a fiscal emergency, setting the stage for a state takeover. >> brown: margaret warner reports on the economic turmoil in egypt two years after a revolution toppled the mubarak regime. >> the unrest has crippled egypt's tourism industry. the one time hoards of visitors at the an ghent pyramids of giza arebut a memory now. >> woodruff: ray suarez talks with the director of a new documentary about americans struggling to put food on the table. >> we're in a nation where 17 million children face food insecurity, which means that, at any given time, their families don't know where their next meal is coming from. >> brown: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> a
. >> woodruff: then, we examine detroit's troubles as michigan's governor declares a fiscal emergency, setting the stage for a state takeover. >> brown: margaret warner reports on the economic turmoil in egypt two years after a revolution toppled the mubarak regime. >> the unrest has crippled egypt's tourism industry. the one time hoards of visitors at the an ghent pyramids of giza arebut a memory now. >> woodruff: ray suarez talks with the director of a new documentary...
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today he was out in michigan campaigning on behalf of lower college tuition. does the president of the united states have much control over what the university of michigan charges for tuition? >> brown: haven't the republicans show they aren't going to go along with big things? >> he has to establish a majority who will never work with you, it has to be a center center-left. announce a big tax reform so people trust washington. that's how do you it. >> brown: e.j., how do you feel about the state of the union a few days later? >> i agree with david the underlying issue in american politics is how do we avoid decline. i disagree with him on the speech. i don't think simpson-bowls is center-left at all and it's one of the reasons obama pulled back from it. i actually think that speech was effective because he did two things at the same time. on the one hand, he is making a big argument to the country about the cost of inequality, the fact that we have lost the kind of upward mobility we use told have. there was this wonderful black and white movie feel to it. i
today he was out in michigan campaigning on behalf of lower college tuition. does the president of the united states have much control over what the university of michigan charges for tuition? >> brown: haven't the republicans show they aren't going to go along with big things? >> he has to establish a majority who will never work with you, it has to be a center center-left. announce a big tax reform so people trust washington. that's how do you it. >> brown: e.j., how do you...
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and one very interesting event of the week happened in michigan. it was mitt romney a mitt romney event at ford field. howie, tell us about that. >> this was billed as a major economic speech by romney's campaign and yet it became about one thing-- the setting and the horrible optics and the reporters there, "washington post" journalist phillip rutger is an example. he used his twitter account to send out a picture of ford field and, of course, the event had been moved there and he wrote "i'm not sure there are enough seats for romney's econ speech q. sots the substance of what he had to say was overshadowed by the pictures of a stadium that was largely empty. >> brown: so an example where the campaign is trying for one thing but it gets out of their control. >> and i think it shows how inluential pictur have beme in social media. one of the things that we've also noticed is the web site instagram which is a very popular picture-sharing site. it has five million users and more than 150 million pictures. i'll show you some of the examples. here's pr
and one very interesting event of the week happened in michigan. it was mitt romney a mitt romney event at ford field. howie, tell us about that. >> this was billed as a major economic speech by romney's campaign and yet it became about one thing-- the setting and the horrible optics and the reporters there, "washington post" journalist phillip rutger is an example. he used his twitter account to send out a picture of ford field and, of course, the event had been moved there and...